Example sentences of "[pron] can n't [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I use these three then I 'll put my thingies in cos I ca n't be bothered to erm change . |
| 2 | We are led inexorably towards Kingsley and Redford squaring up for a mental duel between software equals , one barmily convinced that He Who Has The Database Rules The World and the other on the side of human compassion which ca n't be reduced to byte-size chunks . |
| 3 | So somehow you , you , you , you 've got to get these ideas through th that you you 've recognized that it , it 's , it 's necessary to move on beyond the pol the moderate policies of the United Front but you ca n't be seen to be doing that . |
| 4 | Erm yeah er mm yeah no I 'm quite intrigued myself about this , this idea that erm somehow it 's heterosexuals who trus who are trustworthy and that , you know , once you have a sexuality that 's different from heterosexuality then you ca n't be trusted with children and you , you know you , you ca n't be trusted to er you know I do n't know , run boys ' clubs , you ca n't be trusted in , in a , you know , it 's sort of , it 's almost like , like erm er it , it almost flies in the face of evidence that the vast majority of sexual abuse that goes on of one sort or another is , is heterosexual , it 's |
| 5 | But when you first started when you 're not quite sure what 's happening you ca n't be expected to be perfect the first time you have a go at something can you . |
| 6 | 140 civilians work at the base and those who ca n't be transferred to other defence jobs will be made redundant . |
| 7 | ‘ They are children on the brink , at the end of their tether , and we ca n't be saying to them come back in 50 weeks . ’ |
| 8 | It ca n't be referring to the ones the sons of the kingdom that are inheriting it is it ? |
| 9 | There was ‘ the moment of truth ’ and ‘ it ca n't be happening to me … ’ feeling . |
| 10 | It ca n't be happening to me . |
| 11 | I thought you were getting yourself into trouble there again , but you tell me he ca n't be listening to you . |